Several yrs. ago I called Aquarian to ask for a recommendation to get a vintage Jazz sound. The operator said, "Just a minute please," then the owner, Roy Burns, came to the phone and told me what I needed. That's customer service. I bought the Modern Vintage heads and they sounded great. Similar experience with Don Lombardi at DW & Carol Collato after Joe died. It's nice that there are people in this age of business uber alles who still care about their customers.

One of the best drumhead demos I have seen

the best tunning and sound setting of whole youtube

This is the gold standard of drumhead demo videos. I keep coming back to this demo...bought an entire set of Res2s because of it. Very nice job Patrick.

Fantastic demo video. I switched to Aquarian back in 2010 after playing Remo since the mid 70's. Aquarian tick all the boxes, I would never even think of going back to Remo!

Set 2 is the BEST: I always liked Super Kick II Clear and I think Super 2 Coated sound kick ass!!!

This is awesome. Helpful, and great playing.

Great demo! Thank you for doing it!

Fantastic video and audio quality... super cool..Killer stuff.

This was an awesome video. It helped me out a lot when picking out my heads. Thanks!

Absolutely incredible playing! Drums sound incredible too... Wow on both accounts!

I just found this video... very well done. I have been using Aquarian heads for some time now. I'm just now trying the Jack DeJohnette heads. I really like the Modern Vintage series. Thanks for doing this video

I'm in love with the sound of these toms.

Damn! They all sound great! Aquarian has really stepped up their game.

Great review .. thanks a lot for this. I have been using Aquarian for years now .. nothing beats them ..

Those reflector toms sounds beautiful, i need a pair for the future definitely

Finally a demo of how drums can and should sound. Simple, brilliant and thus perfect to hear the entire range a drumhead can provide.

Great video. Great sounding drum heads 👏

Thanks for this work bro.. Great job

I like the cotton wool in the floor tom idea, will be trying thanks very much. Modern Vintage WOW! Great demo.

Always great tuning,,,much respect for that.

GREAT JOB GUYS!

That is one gorgeous kit! Holy shit!

Really dig the Jack D. snare head. Those are all really great heads. I need to buy some. Thanks for this vid.

I came to compare drum heads but you play so nice that it ended relaxing me. Undiscovered pleasure: Drum ASMR

I just ordered the MV ii 10,12,14, but deep vintage 16". Love the DeJohnette black snare. Great high crack.

Never heard much from Aquarian but that triple threat snare head sounds sweet!

The kit sounds nice, man! I like that it's panned from drummer's perspective. Drives me nuts when the floor tom is in my left ear. I've to flip the headphones around.

amazing playing ! that's how a demo should be!! Really, awesome sounds .... and love your precise playing !! (and you last 3 strokes on the bass drum) lovely!! very nice!

That's the meaning of comparison! Good job Patrick!, have a good day!

Dude your drums sound amazing

I was a die hard Remo guy for many years. After several annoying issues with the quality and sound of their heads I made the switch to Aquarian. My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner. I’m currently running performance 2’s on toms and snare but you really can’t go wrong with any of their heads. They all sound great and it just depends on the type of sound you’re looking for. And you just can’t beat the super kick II.

Good Lord, those Reflectors are amazing.

I have the reflector on my kit for snares and Toms and super kick 1 on bass drum. very sweet.

glad that I had that response 2 on my toms. good video!

I’ve seen Eric Moore play the reflector series and I was impressed, but this whole video was impressive! I’d love to see you do other brand of drum heads too! Great playing and showcasing of all the heads

this is EXACTLY what I was hoping it was; good F'ing job Aquarian! :)

Excellent 😎

A buddy of mine is hard core Aquarian heads. Found some Evans EC2 heads $30 new so I was researching because I normally run Remo Pin Strips on my old Tama Swingstar (10", 12", 16"). The Pinstripes make the deeper toms sound pretty good. I got a Remo Empror (clear) for my 10" and it sounds horrible to me. Don't want to do Pinstripes again so I saw the EC2's for cheap then I came across this video. What a great job you guys did. Not only does the recording sound good but you can hear the subtle differences and not so subtle differences between the heads. Hats off to the drummer. Killer pattern to get a feel for the sonics of the kit. Super consistent. I'll have to say right now that I am going to have to learn this pattern as a warm up routine. The video that gives just a little bit more! One thing I wish I could hear is a combo of heads. If I could have a custom set of these delivered to the front door I'd love to hear the Jack DeJohnette on Snare. Response 2 clear on toms and the Reflector Super Kick II. Anyway. Well done guys!

THIS is the way toms should sound. Nice.. 👍🏻

Excellent Video!!!

Great Video KEEP GOING

dude this was awsome, great player!!!!

Amazing how they all sound much the same

Wow amazing performance.

Great video brother

Wow awesome 😀

Great video man🔥🔥

That texture coated power dot😍

This was good. Most are not. I just found new head. The DeJojnette on snare and modern vintage 2 on toms. Nice !

I usually prefer clear heads on my toms but im loving the punch,depth and tone from the modern vintage!!

outstanding video! thank you so much for this! you;re playing is so easy and smooth, no wasted movements, and i love how i can actually hear the differences in the heads, very well done. i was hoping you could tell me how you tune your resonant heads to get them all to sound this good. how tight do you have your snare reso? i can hear every ghost note, : ) and the musicality of your toms, wow!

Very awesome demo. I use the Aquariun Deep Vintage on the Tom's in my metal bands and sound totally killer!

I am using REMO for over 10 years, and I'm looking forward to buy new Aquarian set and this video helped me understand the differecens between the models and types of sounds. Also your drumming is so smooth I like it!

Set 3! great sound

Yeah I might try them out

I use the Super Kick II clear and Regulator clear w/port on reso for bass drum. Snare is a Triple Threat with Hi-Perfomance on wireside. Toms are Force Ten with Classic Clear on reso. All are excellent!! I get many compliments on how amazing my kit sounds.

Damn, that last series was amazing. Dat Triple threat tho

i love this crazy solo

great cymbals

Great!

Nice!

Evans has always been my favourite snare head. As for the Toms, loving the sound of the performance 2.

I love the clear heads the best on toms !

I only play aquarian drum heads the best imo

Love the snare solo

Bastante buen sonido los vintage deep...en toms...me gustaron

INSTANT SUBSCRIBER. ❤️

First set sounds best to me. Love that Force I bass drum head.

0:22 1:15 2:08 3:02 3:55

Texture Coated for me. Open and beautiful.

Damn that snare sounds great. Very good "papery" sound that I really dig.

Bro are you running two snare strainers? Dude that is so awesome that snare sounds awesome you have to make a video on that snare alone!!! I’m very interested I bet other guys are too that caught your snare set up

Killer!

Cool

Every time I see the video it makes me wanna just go take all the Remo's off my kit and go straight Aquarian. Well done.

Snare Heads 0:04 Texture Coated with Power Dot 0:58 Super-2 Coated 1:51 Jack DeJohnette 2:44 Texture Coated 3:38 Triple Threat Texture Coated Tom Heads 0:22 Response-2 Clear / Tom Heads 1:15 Super-2 Coated / Tom Heads 2:08 Modern Vintage II / Tom Heads 3:02 Texture Coated / Tom Heads 3:55 Reflector / Tom Heads

the reflectors on all toms and kick was rad...

Damn dude, 15 seconds in and holy shit those toms are SINGING!!! 😮

Great comparison! I'm getting the reflector series. It seems to have the best pitch range from the lowest tom to the highest.

I'm really surprised with how great these sound. I'm regretting buying the Evan's heads that I got the other day now.

this sounds great!! i do have one question though, how much reverb, compression, eq was put into the sound? i ask because generally coated heads on the toms are too dry for my taste and this seems to not be the case, maybe the drumset is really great and it doesnt choke?

now that's a great sounding drums... woowwww just wowww... I'm really impressed...

My man can throw down!

That head on that snare on the left sounded the best

Any chance you can post a tutorial or sheet music for this groove? It should be the standard test groove for heads.

aquarian studio x are some of the best toms i've ever heard

What are the resonant heads on these toms? Lovely sound and work on all of this!

I'll start by saying that your playing and tuning are excellent! What drums are these? Maple custom absolutes? I see the snare is a Yamaha Weckl so that much I know. Thanks!

oo wooow !

It would be nice to hear these also without compression, gating, or any other processing.

Interesting that the reflectors seemed quieter than the rest. When I put them on my toms they seemed so loud that they overpowered the snare. More volume was exactly what I was looking for

Sound good

Set 3!

Dang! What kit is that? That first set of heads was 🤯

Hi Patrick. First,marvellous playing. Is there a big difference between the response 2 and the super 2 drumheads? Regards,Quint

Are these all tuned by ear? If you used a drum dial what were your settings? Batter and reso the same? One higher of lower? Absolutely love this tom sound. Excellent!

I don't think anyone noticed ...do you have tea bags bouncing in the floor toms for muffling? I could never get a good sound without damping rings on my floor toms. What did you stuff inside those floor toms? Great video

The snare sounds amazing with that head!!! Edit: to clarify the first one

I'm not even watching it for the drumhead reviews I'm watching it for the killer paradiddles and groove he's laying down here